'46th Birthday' Woods "15 Major Wins Including Total 82 Victories, Tiger Slam, 683 Weeks World No.1"

Tiger Woods wearing the green jacket immediately after winning the 2019 Masters.

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] "Living golf history."

The 'Golf Emperor' Tiger Woods celebrated his 46th birthday on the 31st (Korean time). Over the years, he has set numerous milestones including 15 major wins, the most wins in PGA Tour history (82 wins in total), the 'Tiger Slam,' and 683 weeks as world number one. Justin Ray, a golf statistics expert, added an interesting record to Woods' achievements. From 1997 to 2009, Woods was 134 under par in major tournaments. Phil Mickelson (USA) ranks second at 99 over par, and Ernie Els (South Africa) third at 118 over par.

This essentially tells the story of his dominant solo run. In fact, 7 of his 15 major wins were by a margin of 3 strokes or more. Woods particularly swept 23 wins in 46 starts from the 1999 Deutsche Bank Championship to the 2001 Memorial Tournament. His winning probability was an astonishing 50%, and he finished outside the top 10 only 6 times. During this period, he played in 8 majors, winning 5, with special attention to his 'major 4 consecutive wins' at the 2000 US Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship, and the 2001 Masters.

It is somewhat regrettable that this was not recognized as the unprecedented 'Grand Slam' because it did not occur within a single year. The only 'Grand Slam' by the 'Golf Saint' Bobby Jones (USA) in 1930 is considered symbolic since the four majors at that time were the US Open and Amateur, The Open Championship, and British Amateur. The global golf community coined the term 'Tiger Slam' to highly praise Woods' achievement.

Woods won his 100th (2000 WGC Invitational), 200th (2006 Buick Invitational), and 300th (2013 The Players) tournaments. Additionally, he recorded 44 wins out of 46 events where he started the final day as the leader. On the DP World Tour (European Tour), he has 41 wins, ranking third all-time. Although he never fully committed to the European Tour, he added 34 wins in the four majors co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour, The Players, and the World Golf Championships (WGC) series, plus 7 wins in invitationals where he received appearance fees (2 wins each at the Johnnie Walker Classic and Dubai Desert Classic, and 3 wins at the SA Championship).

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